Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013

How To Remove Nail Polish Stains

Today's post is not pretty. But I really hope it is useful, since I'm sure some of you have already had the problem of stained nails. A lot of blue or red nail polishes can stain your nails, sometimes even if you use a base coat. After removing my Heisenberg design my nails looked quite bad, because silly me forgot the base coat before adding H&M - U Must Have This. It is annoying, but nothing that couldn't get fixed! So I will show you my way of removing those nasty stains.

You will need the following items to remove all the stains from your nails and get back the natural color:

After removing all the nail polish with remover, start scrubbing your nails with the toothbrush and soap. This will remove the first layer of color. Add a bit of toothpaste onto the brush and continue brushing until most of the stains are gone. If your stains aren't that bad, you might already want to stop here. If your stains are really bad you could soak them in a bath with denture cleanser tabs for about 10 minutes. I didn't do that because it was not necessary. For the parts where the brush didn't scrub off all the stains you might want to use the nail buffer now. Please don't buff too much since it can damage your nails! I only do this very carefully for removing stains. When you're done you can either allow your nails to rest and apply a good hand lotion and/or cuticle oil. Or you can go straight to a new design, of course with applying a good base coat first. I'd recommend using hand lotion either way, because it was quite a rough procedure for your nails and skin!

Kommentare:

Thank you for this post. I have some gorgeous polishes I never wear because they stain even through basecoat. If I can remove the stains so easily, stains won't stop me anymore from wearing the beauties.

Be careful though, I wouldn't want you to stain all your nails and then it doesn't work! Because if they stain through base coat, they seem to be highly pigmented. In my opinion, a nail polish that stains through a base coat is no good anyway. And keep in mind that the process of removing the stains can be rough for your nails!